SUGARCOAT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SUGARCOAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUGARCOAT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUGARCOAT is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUGARCOAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sugarcoatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUGARCOAT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SUGARCOAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUGARCOAT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SUGARCOAT mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cover something in a layer of sugar, or to make an unpleasant truth sound softer than it is.
In the kitchen you can sugarcoat a nut or a pill so it tastes sweet. Figuratively it describes someone dressing up bad news, and being told not to sugarcoat things is a request for plain honesty.
How SUGARCOAT is used
Mostly figurative today, and often heard in the negative: do not sugarcoat it.
- The doctor did not sugarcoat the diagnosis.
- Please do not sugarcoat the results; I want the real numbers.
- They sugarcoat the tablets so children will swallow them.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUGARCOAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUGARCOAT
3 longer words begin with SUGARCOAT.
Shorter words from the letters in SUGARCOAT
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Common questions about SUGARCOAT
- Is SUGARCOAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUGARCOAT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUGARCOAT worth?
- SUGARCOAT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUGARCOAT mean?
- To cover something in a layer of sugar, or to make an unpleasant truth sound softer than it is.
- What letters can be added to SUGARCOAT?
- SUGARCOAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SUGARCOAT:
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